and horizontal distribution of clouds and atmospheric aerosols along with Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) Long- and Short-wave fluxes. The spacecraft will feature four distinct instruments: ATmospheric LIDar (ATLID) - ESA - 354.8 nm, high-spectral resolution and depolarisation (aerosols). Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) - JAXA / NICT - 36 dBZ sensitivity, 500 m horizontal and 100 m vertical sampling resolution, Doppler capability (clouds). Operating at 94.05GHz. Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) - ESA - 7 channels, 150 km swath, 500 m pixel resolution (clouds and aerosols). Broad-Band Radiometer (BBR) - ESA - 2 channels, 3 views (nadir, fore and aft) (radiations). See also ESA's Living Planet Programme GOCE SMOS CryoSat & CryoSat-2 Swarm ADM-Aeolus BIOMASS FLEX References External links EarthCARE page on ESA website EarthCARE on ESA eoPortal EarthCARE page on JAXA website EarthCARE on JAXA Earth Observation Research Center Earth observation satellites of the European Space Agency Satellites of Japan Proposed satellites 2024 in spaceflight 2024 in Japan